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To: BenLurkin

The amount of water on the earth’s surface alone makes it pretty obvious that it did not come from comets. There aren’t enough comets out there. Besides, where do comets get their water that earth couldn’t also get it from?


5 posted on 12/18/2014 3:31:09 PM PST by webheart (We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
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To: webheart
“The amount of water on the earth’s surface alone makes it pretty obvious that it did not come from comets. There aren’t enough comets out there. Besides, where do comets get their water that earth couldn’t also get it from?”

Point, set, match... We have a Winner.

I bet it was “in the beginning....”

8 posted on 12/18/2014 3:42:01 PM PST by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: webheart
. . where do comets get their water that earth couldn’t also get it from?

I've been thinking the exact same thing. This should be called "the kicking the can down the road" fallacy.

12 posted on 12/18/2014 4:12:25 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: webheart

Earth formed in portion of solar system known as “rock zone”
where volatile elements were evaporated by the sun’s heat

Most of the water came from farther out in the solar system
in the “ice zone”

Look at Europa (Moon of Jupiter) which is covered in ice


17 posted on 12/18/2014 5:19:22 PM PST by njslim
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